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10 Things to Know About "The Last Man on Earth" Season 4

IMDb took a cruise with cast members of "Last Man on Earth" as they revealed what to expect from the show's fourth season, which starts on the water. — Sharon Knolle

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1. There are Hijinks on the High Seas

In early September 2017, IMDb took a cruise with "The Last Man on Earth" cast members, where they revealed what to expect from the show's fourth season. It picks up right where Season 3 ended: on a boat, as Pamela (Kristen Wiig) makes a surprise appearance and saves the day.

They're still on their way to Mexico as they flee nuclear fallout. But there's a slight snag, naturally.

The appearance of Pamela (Kristen Wiig) is initially a good thing, as she saves Tandy's (Will Forte) life. But when she really hits it off with him, pregnant wife Carol (Kristen Schaal) isn't happy.

Forte couldn't tell us how many episodes Wiig or guest star Chris Elliott are in. "They're both super busy, and we're lucky to get them for the amount that we did," he says. The most he would say? "We [wrapped our] sixth episode, and they're no longer there."

That's good news for Carol. And possibly for Schaal, who admitted it got confusing on set with two Kristens: "[The crew] would always just say 'Kristen,' and I'd have to figure out who they meant."

Pamela's pampered pooch, Jeremy, makes a lot of friends on the boat. But like guest star Kristen Wiig, he won't be a series regular.

Forte reveals that although Jeremy is no longer on the show, he's safe and sound. "We'd never kill off a dog," Forte says. Kristen Schaal shares that the dog's real name is Napoleon and that the highly trained canine might make even more money than she does.

A plot twist puts most of the cast in a dinghy for a while — scenes that were filmed in a real boat on a real body of water.

Kristen Schaal, who was wearing anti-nausea bracelets on the cruise and drinking ginger ale to combat seasickness, says that she had a rough time. "On the dinghy, that was scary," she says. "The sun gets really hot, too. Yeah, that was real. It was all real."

Cleopatra Coleman says Erica and Gail's relationship reaches a new level in Season 4. "In Season 1 we had our little relationship, and it was more about lust. 'There's no one else on Earth; let's just do what we gotta do' situation. Now it's about love," she says.

Mary Steenburgen, who plays Gail, says, "I think there's a reference in the first episode where we think we're the only two people left on Earth, so we had a relationship. Now their relationship has evolved, but it's a sweet, fun thing."

January Jones says that in Season 4, "The honeymoon does resume in a positive way."

Mel Rodriguez adds that marriage has been good for Todd: "He has more purpose, something to live for. And although Melissa doesn't want kids and Todd really does, I think Todd settled with the fact that he's with the woman of his dreams. So if that's part of the deal, he's accepting it."

As for the rest of the crew, Jones teases ominous things to come. "You're going to see some things being rocked within the group," she says. "There might be a marriage, there might be a divorce, there might be a death."